| Family | ASTERACEAE |
| Genus species | Anthemis cretica L. trib. Anthemideae |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 895 (1753) |
| Native Range | se. Europe to c. Lebanon and Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 300-2000m |
| Description | grey hirsute, leaves 1-2-pinnatisect, segments narrowly linear, obtuse, acute or mucronate, capitula 1-few, involucre pubescent or glabrescent, phyllaries acute |
| Size | 10-30cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1 month, 13-16°C basal cuttings in late spring and summer |
| Synonyms | Anacyclus creticus L. Anthemis amasiana Hausskn. & Bornm. Anthemis anacyclus J.Gay ex Boiss. Anthemis baumgarteniana Schur Anthemis chronia Nyman Anthemis collina Jord. Anthemis cretica var. hinkovae (Thin) Kuzmanov & Gussev Anthemis cretica ssp. pontica (Willd.) Grierson Anthemis debilifolia Eig Anthemis divergens Boiss. Anthemis hinkovae Thin Anthemis hirpina Ten. ex Guss. Anthemis leucocephala Schur Anthemis lindleyi Nyman Anthemis meteorica Hausskn. Anthemis micheliana Guss. Anthemis montana L. Anthemis montana var. olenaea Halácsy Anthemis pontica Willd. Anthemis punctata Guss. ex Nyman Anthemis pusilla (Cass.) Greuter Anthemis pyrethrum Gouan Anthemis reuteriana Boiss. Antemis samia Rech.f. Anthemis saxatilis DC. ex Willd. Anthemis siwasiana Bornm. Anthemis smyrnaea Boiss. Anthemis urvillaei Nyman Chamaemelum montanum (L.) All. Chamaemelum orientale Schult. ex Steud. Cotula abrotanifolia Willd. Hiorthia orientalis Less. Lasiospermum anthemoides G.Don Lasiospermum rigidum G.Don Lyonnetia abrotanifolia Less. Lyonnetia montana Griseb. ex Boiss. & Reut. Lyonnetia pusilla Cass. Lyonnetia rigida DC. Pyrethrum abrotanifolium Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Santolina erecta Pers. Santolina rigida Sm. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, BUL Bulgaria, GRC Greece, ROM Romania, TUE Turkey-in-Europe, YUG Yugoslavia) 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |
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